Unfair.

I woke up with a startle to an alarm clock going off near my head. I groaned loudly, and put the pillow over my head, trying to cover my ears. The sound was so loud, I couldn't even hear myself think. ' Please don't tell me its Monday' I really just wanted to sleep.

" Ayesha wake up right now! Don't make me come there" mother yelled from the kitchen. okay, that's it. No more peaceful sleep. As much as I loved my mother, I sure loathed her in the mornings. Sitting upright in my bed, I checked the clock. It was 7 in the morning and I only had over an hour to get to school.

Getting to the bathroom was always a challenge. I always stumbled and leaned on everything to reach my target. After washing up, I got dressed wearing my overall uniform skirt and braided my hair onto both sides. It was after all a rule that the students had to follow even if you didn't want it that way. See, that's the thing about schools. They completely rid you of your personality and uniqueness that you just become bland and useless when you graduate.

I walked out of my room and onto the passageway which led to the kitchen on the left. Mom was busy preparing breakfast.

" why'd you sleep so long?!" she was stirring the curry and glinted at me. I shrugged and sat on top of the kitchen counter. She mildly rolled her eyes.

" Whattttt? I'm 15 okay, I gotta sleep away the stress!"

" You always have an excuse, don't you"

******

After breakfast, I left for school hurriedly. It took almost an hour to reach. The traffic in the city was the worst. I always used a public transport and felt suffocated all the way.

Once I reached the gates, I quickly made my way for class. Luck was in my favor as that day, our class teacher was absent and so the first period was free. I took my seat next to my friend Dhruv who was busy sketching in his notebook.

I whispered into his ears " Good morning" . He glimpsed and shook his head with a smirk.

" Always late as usual I see" . I immediately boxed his arm and sneered at him. He continued on with his drawing and I sat there day dreaming. I suddenly remembered the weird dream I had in the morning. The memory was very vague but there were some key moments I could still recall. As I sat reminiscing, a paper rocket floated across the room and fell right under my feet. I was not aware at first but I saw Ezra walking over to where I was seated. He slowly bent down and picked up the rocket. However he didn't get up instantly but instead he caressed my leg all the way to the thighs under my skirt in a swift motion. I sat there frozen stiff, not uttering a word. My eyes were glued on my skirt. He stood up and leaned to my face. "Oops" he gave me a smug smile and walked away. I could hear the faint laughter from the boys section of the class. But that didn't shake me from the uneasy and dreadful feeling that ran through me...